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RIDGEWATER COLLEGE Throwing Bales and Programming Computers: Life on the Farm in the 21st Century
What do you think of when you imagine a career as a farmer: Scooping manure? Mending fences? Throwing bales? Maybe there's some of that, but as over 300 hig h school and college students le...
Posted on 1/27/12 at 1:52 PM
THE FARM BLEAT One for you and one for me
I dont know if too many dogs understand the concept of sharing, but Im pretty sure my Molly can share among the best of them. If youre sitting at the supper table, enjoying a grilled ribeye, shes perf...
Posted on 1/26/12 at 8:22 PM
PEACE GARDEN MAMA mama mondays: the scariest thing of all...
Gotcha! That's me having a bad hair day. It didn't help that I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Okay, seriously now, I took my kids to a Halloween party on Friday at Yunker Farm and C...
Posted on 10/30/11 at 11:00 PM
MODERN-DAY JANE Enjoy in generous amounts.
Grandpa Henry is now officially 90 years old, and the whole town came out to celebrate. Well, the part of the town that is over 60 years old, anyway - which, lets face it, is quite a few people. The ...
Posted on 9/13/11 at 9:58 PM
OH LOOK, A SHINY THING! Farming with BOOM and Obvious Spies Spying Obviously
Do you think farming needs more BOOM in it? If so, this marvelous little DuPont booklet on farming with dynamite may be for you! I don't think Farmville has a "dynamite" option yet, but I stopped pl...
Posted on 8/16/11 at 5:00 AM
Farm bill roundtable highlights budget woes 
FARGO, N.D. — Agricultural leaders are worried the safety net for farm income will be trampled by federal budget warriors in what one official described a “sprint that’s turned into a marathon” in the political effort to replace the 2008 farm bill.
By Mikkel Pates , January 14, 2012
S.D. congresswoman: Trade agreements help ag exports
ABERDEEN, S.D. — Three trade agreements signed by the president in the fall should be good for the nation’s farmers and ranchers, Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., said this week.
By Scott Waltman , January 14, 2012
USDA report offers latest land use information
WILLMAR — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, through a series of reports, provides the only accounting of all major uses of public and private land in all 50 states. First prepared in 1945, the reports have been published consistently at five-year intervals since then, coinciding with the USDA’s Census of Agriculture.
By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency , January 14, 2012
Closing of 259 USDA offices raises safety concerns
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department announced Monday it will close nearly 260 offices nationwide, a move that won praise for cutting costs but raised concerns about the possible effect on food safety.
By MICHAEL J. CRUMB , January 09, 2012
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U.S. Navy to purchase 450,000 gallons of biofuel
Officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently announced that the U.S. Navy has agreed to purchase 450,000 gallons of advanced drop-in biofuel, the single largest purchase of biofuel in government history.
By Wes Nelson, FSA executive director , December 31, 2011
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Prinsco expanding ag tile business to Red River Valley with Fargo plant
MOORHEAD — Farmers who were left waiting for field drainage tile in 2011 may be getting a wish fulfilled for the new year — a second tile manufacturer in the Red River Valley.
By Mikkel Pates , December 31, 2011
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Rootworms may be resistant to genetically modified corn
One of the nation’s most widely planted crops — a genetically engineered corn plant that makes its own insecticide — may be losing its effectiveness because a major pest appears to be developing resistance more quickly than scientists expected.
By Rick Callahan , December 29, 2011
Paynesville aera wind farm falls behind schedule
PAYNESVILLE, Minn. - A wind farm that was to be the first such large-scale operation in central Minnesota is about a year behind schedule.
By AP wire report, West Central Tribune , December 26, 2011
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Net farm income up 28 percent in 2011
WILLMAR — For the last several years, many segments of our nation’s economy have been severely impacted by what is often referred to as the Great Recession. Fortunately, many of America’s rural areas and rural communities have been somewhat insulated from the negative repercussions of the economic recession, thanks largely to a very strong and vibrant agricultural economy.
By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency , December 25, 2011
More young people see opportunity in farming
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin factory worker worried about layoffs became a dairy farmer. An employee at a Minnesota nonprofit found an escape from her cubicle by buying a vegetable farm. A nuclear engineer tired of office bureaucracy decided to get into cattle ranching in Texas.
By Dinesh Ramde , December 25, 2011
Cold winter ahead for Upper Midwest, maybe followed by drought, speaker says
It’s probably going to get cold this winter. Very cold.
By Jonathan Knutson , December 18, 2011
Smaller, but still solid crop for Minn-Dak beet co-op
FARGO, N.D. — Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative of Wahpeton, N.D., is processing a disappointing crop, but still a solid contributor to the farming operations for some 476 growers.
By Mikkel Pates , December 18, 2011
The future of CRP at a crossroads
WILLMAR — When the congressional “super committee” failed to reach an agreement on an overall deficit reduction plan, it also meant the demise of efforts to reach a quick but rather obscure agreement on a new farm bill. So the onus of formulating a new farm bill now returns to Agriculture Committees in both the Senate and the House of Representatives.
By Wes Nelson, Farm Service Agency , December 18, 2011
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